A series of five modules, this curriculum is designed to follow the Graduated Sanctions for Juvenile Offenders: A Training Curriculum Guide – Volume One. In addition, like Volume One, will help deliver training to juvenile…
Clark County (Las Vegas), Nevada, one of the ten demonstration sites, describes its experience and lessons learned in the process of applying resource reallocation to planning and implementing its graduated sanctions efforts. This is a…
This Monograph focuses on the Juvenile Sanction Center’s program expansion from immediate and intermediate sanctions to the full range of sanctioning levels including secure care and after care/reentry. The Monograph traces the progress of the…
This publication examines the connection between structured decision-making instruments and the characteristics of best practices in treatment programs for juvenile offenders. This bulletin introduces a prototype instrument, the Standardized Program Evaluation Protocol (SPEP), which itemizes…
Intended to be used in conjunction with the Juvenile Offenders: A Training Curriculum Guide – Volume One, this volume is comprised of three sections: Introduction and Background, Preferred Practices in Graduated Sanctions, and Program Development…
The Monograph describes lessons learned from the Juvenile Sanctions Center’s initial months of implementation and operation. It details the approach and offers guidelines and recommendations to the field of juvenile justice for jurisdictions considering replication…
Presents information on state statutes and/or court rules that permit or require abuse/neglect/dependency hearings to be open to the general public. Download Publication
This report briefly discusses state provisions for the parental obligation of monetary support for institutionalized delinquent children. All states currently have statutes that make it either discretionary or mandatory for the court to require a…
Ohio historically has led the way in integrating leadership and coordination of health, education, and social services for children and families. Since the early 1990s, Family and Children First Councils (FCFCs) in every Ohio county…
This brief report highlights state variations in provisions governing juvenile emancipation, as of 2010. Download Publication
This brief report highlights state variations in minimum and maximum ages for original juvenile court jurisdiction in delinquency matters. Download Publication
This report, updated for 2010, summarizes state provisions allowing or requiring a jury trial in termination of parental rights cases. Download Publication